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Thingterests 2: Did Renaissance queens take their chocolate in a coconut?

When is a coconut not a coconut? When it’s a cup! Kathleen Kennedy explores the history of coconuts and their uses as drinking vessels in Renaissance Europe. Yes we have migrating coconuts. Yes there is a Monty Python reference.

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  • Kathleen Kennedy
  • Researcher and teacher of medieval and early modern literature